Enter the 17-character VIN of your Peugeot to see the factory basics. Free, with no registration.
Look on the dashboard, the driver's door frame or in the registration document.
Type all 17 characters. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN.
See the factory basics for free, and order a full report for the history behind the VIN.
Enter a 17-character VIN and the Peugeot decoder reads the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture straight from the code. Our data covers 47 Peugeot models, from the 104, 204 and 205 through the 308, 3008 and 508 to the 9x8 and e-LEGEND, with model years from 1963 to the present. Body styles in the data run from hatchback, coupe and convertible to SUV, sedan, wagon, estate and van.
The decoder reads only the VIN itself, so it says nothing about accidents, mileage, theft or previous owners. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report. The decoder is free and needs no registration.
The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier, or WMI. For Peugeot we recognise nine of them: 936, 8AD, 8GD, FV3, SDB, VF3, VFF, VS3 and WF3. They belong to seven countries: Brazil, Argentina, Chile, the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Germany. A VIN beginning VF3 points to France, VS3 to Spain, SDB to the United Kingdom and 936 to Brazil. The list is the set of codes we recognise for the brand, not a complete register.
Characters 4 to 8 are the descriptor section, where the maker encodes details such as model and engine. Position 9 is the check digit. It is required in North America, while many European VINs, Peugeot included, fill it in a different way. So an unusual character there is not a reason to worry.
The tenth character gives the model year. A 7 stands for 2007 and a K for 2019, and the letters I, O and Q are never used. Character 11 marks the plant and characters 12 to 17 are the serial number. This 17-character layout applies to cars built since 1981. Our version data starts in 1963, but for the earliest years there is no standard VIN to decode.
Every VIN has six parts. This is what each of them means.
| Part | Characters | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| WMI | 1 to 3 | World manufacturer identifier: who built the vehicle and where |
| VDS | 4 to 8 | Vehicle descriptor: model, body type and engine, as set by the manufacturer |
| Check digit | 9 | Control value that helps confirm the VIN is valid |
| Model year | 10 | Code for the model year |
| Plant | 11 | Code for the assembly plant |
| Serial | 12 to 17 | Production sequence number of this vehicle |
On the driver's side, visible through the windshield.
On a sticker on the door frame or the edge of the door.
Printed in the vehicle registration or title.
Stamped on the firewall or the frame on many models.
A VIN is built from six parts, and each one says something about the vehicle. Our guides explain how to read it and what it can and cannot tell you.
Enter the 17-character VIN and see the factory basics in seconds.
The VIN is normally printed on the vehicle registration document and stamped on the car itself, often visible at the base of the windscreen on the driver's side. Compare the number on the car with the one in the paperwork before you decode it.
The first three characters are the WMI, which identifies the manufacturer and the country of manufacture. We map 936, 8AD, 8GD, FV3, SDB, VF3, VFF, VS3 and WF3 to Peugeot, covering Brazil, Argentina, Chile, the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Germany.
Look at the tenth character. Letters and digits map to years in a fixed order, so 7 means 2007 and K means 2019. Because I, O and Q are never used, you will not see them in that position.
It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft records or the number of owners, because none of that is stored in the VIN. It also cannot tell you the condition of a particular car.
Decode the VIN first and check that the manufacturer, model year and country match the advert and the registration document. Then check that the VIN on the car matches the paperwork, and ask for service records and a test drive.